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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc
Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community"
Date: 20 Mar 1997 10:58:54 -0800
Organization: BEST Internet Communications, Inc.
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References: <331BB7DD.28EC@net5.net> <5goqrq$5ak$1@news.clinet.fi> <5gpcf9$767@flea.best.net> <5gpf3b$j99@fido.asd.sgi.com>
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:In article <5gpf3b$j99@fido.asd.sgi.com>,
:Nate Tuck <nate@blit.engr.sgi.com> wrote:
:>In article <5gpcf9$767@flea.best.net>,
:>Matt Dillon <dillon@flea.best.net> wrote:
:>> * 'real time' extensions in access and data layout. Useful for video
:>> editing, not useful for anything else.
:>
:>Not to pick nits, but there is more diversity to the world than video
:>editing and text newsfeeds. Anybody who has some sort of latency
:>requirements is a potential beneficiary. Video is one of many, most
:>text newsfeeds aren't.
:>
:>nate
Currently, there are very few mediums where disk latency causes a
problem. I can think of only one: Video. Everything else I can think
of has no latency problems because the bandwidth is easily buffered
with a FIFO. Not even multi-track sound editing poses a serious latency
problem for a disk if it doesn't involve synchronization with video.
If you wish to list more of your 'one of many', be my guest.
-Matt